The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to Governor Tom Wolf’s statewide moratorium on foreclosures and evictions. The decision issued Friday leaves in place an order that protects renters from losing their homes for failing to pay rent during the pandemic. The state Supreme Court dismissed the case per curiam, with only Justice Wecht [...]
The Supreme Court granted a stay to the State of Idaho Thursday after a grassroots group successfully argued in June that ballot initiative requirements should be modified due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Reclaim Idaho brought suit against the Idaho Governor Brad Little and Secretary of State Lawrence Denney, contending that state officials must change the [...]
A federal judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an injunction Wednesday that prevents enforcement of a new US immigration rule barring immigrants from qualifying for visas if they are likely to become dependent on government benefits. Under the 2019 US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule Inadmissibility [...]
The California Supreme Court is considering retroactively applying a lower bar exam passing score to the February 2020 exam. In response to COVID-19, the California Supreme Court has already decided to administer the bar exam online on October 5-6. In its July 16th statement the Court also lowered the minimum passing score from 1440 to 1390 [...]
The Virgin Islands Bar Association has presented a wide-ranging draft resolution to the American Bar Association urging its House of Delegates in their meeting next week to temporarily cancel in-person administrations of the bar examination and to not administer any other in-person bar examination during the COVID-19 pandemic until and unless public health authorities determine [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed an order from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denying third-party presidential candidates automatic placement on the November 2020 Pennsylvania ballot because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Libertarian, Constitution, and Green Parties of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit against state officials [...]
A group of unions representing Brazilian health workers filed a complaint Monday against President Jair Bolsonaro in the International Criminal Court (ICC), alleging that Bolsonaro’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been a crime against humanity. Brazil currently has the second highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world, with almost two million individuals infected and [...]
Fashion conglomerate Gap, Inc. sued nationwide shopping mall operator Simon Properties on Thursday in the Delaware Chancery Court in order to terminate leases due to closures caused by COVID-19. Gap and its affiliates, including Banana Republic, Athleta, Intermix, Janie and Jack, and Old Navy, sued the shopping mall operator with the hopes of retroactively terminating [...]
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Sunday marked its 30th anniversary since being signed into law by President George H.W. Bush in 1990. The ADA was enacted to protect against discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas including employment, education, health care, recreation, transportation, and housing. Over the last 30 years, there have been [...]
The Supreme Court late Friday denied an emergency application for an injunction submitted by a Nevada church alleging infringement of their First Amendment rights by Governor Steve Sisolak’s executive order limiting church capacity to no more than 50 persons in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley church asked the court to intervene [...]
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